parásito
Letters
8 characters
Frequency Rank
#16,926
in Spanish word usage
Misspellings
12
tracked variants
Confusables
5
similar word pairs
parásito is anSpanishadj. It means: Se dice de un organismo vegetal o animal que vive a costa de otro de distinta especie, alimentándose de las sustancias que este elabora y a veces perjudicándole, aunque sin llegar a producirle la m... Pronounced [paˈɾasit̪o]. Often confused with pasito and parisino.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parásito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adj |
| IPA | [paˈɾasit̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,926 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for parásito is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈɾasit̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,926 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for parásito, with forms such as "aprásito", "parrásito", and "parsáito". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "pasito", "parisino", "parásitos", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is parásito, spelled P-A-R-Á-S-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Se dice de un organismo vegetal o animal que vive a costa de otro de distinta especie, alimentándose de las sustancias que este elabora y a veces perjudicándole, aunque sin llegar a producirle la muerte. Se clasifican en endoparásitos y ectoparásitos, según habiten en el interior o el exterior de sus huéspedes u hospedadores.
- 2Se dice de un ruido que afecta o perturba las transmisiones radioeléctricas: sonido parásito.
- 3Se dice de una persona que vive a expensas de otros, especialmente cuando abusan de la confianza que se les brinda.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprásito,parrásito,parsáito,parácito,paráisto,parásiot,parásitto,parássito,parástio,paársito,pparásito,praásito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for parásito
Misspelling Variants of "parásito"
Frequency rank: #16,926 in Spanish
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